The Purchase Price (1932)
Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
- Released
- 1932-07-23
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 68 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- William A. Wellman
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 29 votes
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Joan Gordon Gilson
- George Brent as Jim Gilson
- Lyle Talbot as Eddie Fields
- Hardie Albright as Don Leslie
- David Landau as Bull McDowell
- Murray Kinnell as Spike Forgan
- Leila Bennett as Emily
- Anne Shirley as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
- Mae Busch as Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)
- Mike Donlin as Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)
- John 'Skins' Miller as Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)
- Carlyle Moore Jr. as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)